Putting Up Numbers· college football

TCU’s passing yards with Jeremy Payne and since Jeremy Payne’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, TCU was 25.6 yards over with Jeremy Payne and 11.6 yards under since Jeremy Payne’s last game in 2026, 5 games against 2. The plain averages are 282.3 and 256.5, a difference of 25.8. Expected was 33.1 yards lower with Jeremy Payne than since Jeremy Payne’s last game. Both away games were with Jeremy Payne. Both night games were with Jeremy Payne. All 3 nonconference games were with Jeremy Payne.

Jeremy Payne, running back: 429 rushing yards, 88 carries and 18 receptions in 6 games this season.

2 games since Jeremy Payne’s last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

passing yards a game over expected

A +37.2 difference in passing yards over expected with Jeremy Payne vs since Jeremy Payne’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +25.8 difference in passing yards with Jeremy Payne vs since Jeremy Payne’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Jeremy Paynesince Jeremy Payne’s last game
TCU’s games, 2026, each marked with Jeremy Payne or since Jeremy Payne’s last game
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Aug 29, 2026vsNorth Carolina (neutral)L175246.0
Sep 12, 2026vsGrambling StateW391—
Sep 19, 2026vsArkansas StateW337195.3
Sep 26, 2026@UCFL310243.6
Oct 3, 2026vsBYUL187239.5
Oct 17, 2026@BaylorW294250.5
Oct 24, 2026vsWest VirginiaL372307.1
Oct 31, 2026vsKansasW141229.0

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 4.1 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 59% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Grambling State has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.